The Harrell Family: A Love Story for All Time

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

A Love Story for All Time

When I was 17, my dad and I went on a special trip to NYC after HS graduation. My plan was to enter Meredith College in the fall to study musical theatre. Knowing this, my dad and I went to several Broadway shows while in NY. These shows were all amazing, but my favorite show that we saw was Miss Saigon (featuring Lea Salonga). Not long after we saw it in NY did the show close after being on Broadway for 10 years. This made me so sad b/c I thought that I would never get the chance to see this show again. While I did buy the CD and do own a DVD with clips of the show on it, it still would not be enough to satisfy my longing to see the full production again. Well, to my surprise, last summer I received an email stating that Miss Saigon was being revived and will be touring the US in 2009!!! My wonderful parents bought me tickets to the show for my birthday back in October and this past weekend we got to see the show! Chris and I also invited our good friends, the Mehaffie's, the the show with us as well as my parents (a gift my sister and I gave my mom for her birthday). So we all got to experience it together. With the exception of my dad and I, this was the first viewing for everyone else. It was such a wonderful night (despite the rain) and I fell in love with the story all over again. I always said that if I were to choose one role to play in a Broadway musical, it would be Kim from Miss Saigon. However, not being of the Asian culture, this was never a realistic dream :) But the show was everything I remembered it to be and I was SO sad when it was over! Maybe it will be revived again in another 10 years and I'll have the opportunity to share it with my future children :)

Here are a few pictures from our night at the theatre!

this is a picture of the Saigon backdrop and Mr. Ray Walker (a legend at the North Carolina Theatre) giving the pre-show announcements